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You don’t know about me without you have read a book by the name of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer; but that ain’t no matter.

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

Tom Sawyer Abroad by Mark Twain

July 20, 2020 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

CBR12Bingo – Friendship This is probably the tenth or so time I’ve read Huckleberry Finn, but the first time I have read it directly after reading the Adventure of Tom Sawyer, which changes things a little. Having re-read Tom Sawyer just previous to this, the very first thing that stands out is how much more the book seems to want to be doing. Tom Sawyer is about childhood and lampooning both the ways we talk about childhood, treat children, and write about childhood. Huckleberry Finn […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: cbr12bingo, friendship, Mark Twain, repeat, the adventures of huckleberry finn, tom sawyer abroad

vel veeter's CBR12 Review No:396 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: cbr12bingo, friendship, Mark Twain, repeat, the adventures of huckleberry finn, tom sawyer abroad ·
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Well, I think I’ll go and oil my gun.

December 13, 2017 by borisanne 2 Comments

Opening salvo, hot take: everything Tom Stoppard has ever written is incredible; this isn’t his best work. The Real Inspector Hound is the first live production of a Stoppard play I ever saw, followed about a year and a half later by Arcadia. So, I will always be grateful to Hound for preparing me, because otherwise Arcadia might have melted my brain, and working directly with Tom (humblebrag) on The Coast of Utopia would have been the actual death of me. Hound is a delight. […]

Filed Under: Book Club, Comedy/Humor, Horror, Mystery Tagged With: Book Club reads a Play, cannonball book read, CannonBookClub, cbr9, coda, comedy, criticism, drama, drawing room farce, Gothic Horror, inspector hound, Play, repeat, self referential, slapstick, Stoppard, theater, Tom Stoppard

borisanne's CBR9 Review No:47 · Genres: Book Club, Comedy/Humor, Horror, Mystery · Tags: Book Club reads a Play, cannonball book read, CannonBookClub, cbr9, coda, comedy, criticism, drama, drawing room farce, Gothic Horror, inspector hound, Play, repeat, self referential, slapstick, Stoppard, theater, Tom Stoppard ·
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